Deadline Looms as Gore Seeks
Time Enough to Count Ballots

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Amid the cacophony of protesters, pundits and legal proceedings, the sound that Al Gore fears most is the ticking of the clock.

Frustrated with the pace of their case contesting the Florida election, Gore campaign lawyers planned to file papers asking the state Supreme Court either to order a lower court to begin counting disputed ballots "or to start counting under their own system," a Gore spokeswoman...